The Citadel Athletics

A three-time letterman who recorded interceptions and receptions, Francis “Pete” Grant helped the Bulldogs to be the Southern Conference’s top-ranked and the nation’s seventh-best defense in 1964. Playing for Coach Eddie Teague, Grant, as a junior, led the team in interceptions and punt returns, was second in scoring and third in receiving. The lone member of the team to play both ways his senior year (1965), Grant was a co-captain who led the secondary that was ranked third in the nation. He was first-team All-Southern Conference, first-team All-State and voted the team’s most valuable player.